{"id":396483,"date":"2025-11-18T07:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=396483"},"modified":"2025-11-18T07:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:29:20","slug":"opinion-opinion-ind-vs-sa-how-the-first-test-became-a-lesson-in-self-sabotage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=396483","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Opinion | IND vs SA: How The First Test Became A Lesson In Self-Sabotage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The defeat is not an isolated event; it shows a worrying trend. This was India’s fourth loss in its last eight home Tests, a shocking statistic against our previous dominance – we lost just four home Tests in the twelve years from 2012 to 2024.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe defeat is not an isolated event; it shows a worrying trend. This was India’s fourth loss in its last eight home Tests, a shocking statistic against our previous dominance – we lost just four home Tests in the twelve years from 2012 to 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The defeat is not an isolated event; it shows a worrying trend. This was India’s fourth loss in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t